Bottle-closure.



. verse side of the neck thereof.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILHELM JOHAN GERHARD FREUND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

To aid whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILHELM Jol-rAN GER- HARD FREUND, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BottleOlosures, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to bottle closures,

and has particularly in view means for securely sealing storage and dispensing receptacles for carbonated or effervescent beverages or other liquids in such a manner as to permit of their being readily opened for the discharge of their contents, when desired for use, without necessity for the employment of even the sim lest implements or tools.

I am aware of the existence of other forms of temporary seals or closures which may be manipulated or removed by hand, and the objects of the present invention are simplicity of construction, and, therefore, cheapness of cost of manufacture, ease of application after the bottle has been filled, and the facility of subsequent manipulation of re moval.

With the above and other ends in view, my invention consists in the novel form of hand-manipulated clamp for the cork and cap of a bottle, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, hereinafter described in detail and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

and in which Figure 1 is a view of the upper portion of a common form of bottle with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the re- Fig. 3 is a central, vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the wire clamp untwisted, prior to sealing. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the twisted wire clamp. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views, from different points, of the metal cap, and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views, from different points, of the clamping lever.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, numeral 10 refers to the upper portion of a common and well-known form of bottle provided with a substantially long neck 11 terminating in a head 12 which provides an an nular ridge or shoulder 13. Over the mouth of the bottle is placed an originally diskshaped member 14:, of yielding and imper- Specification of Letters Patent. Application file-l November 4,1904. $erial No. 231,384.

Patented May 14,1907.

vious yet yielding material, such as, and preferably, cork. Acu shaped metallic cap 15is designed to be snug y fitted over the head 12 including the yielding member 14, whereby, upon the application of pressure upon said cap the bottle will be hermetically sealed and said member 14 assume a shape substantially as shown in Fig. 3.

A wire loop 16', originally of substantially the configuration shown in Fig. 4, wherein one end thereof is shown properly curved to be placed over the head 12 just beneath the ridge or shoulder 13, whereby, upon twisting the wire to the configuration shown in Fig. 5, a ring 17 will securely embrace the neck of said bottle at its point of least diameter and firmly resist any force tending to move said ring toward the mouth of the bottle. In this manner I firmly secure one end of the binding or sealing wires 18 and 19, and by bending the same over the top of the cap,I

am enabled to apply the more essential and important element of my invention, one operation of which serves to subject said wires to tension and thus provide the requisite pressure upon the cap and at the same time rigidly secure the other extremities of said wires. This element comprises a single strip of metal 21, preferably spring brass, which is bent upon itself to provide a lever having two oppositely-disposed hooks 22 and 23 at one extremity thereof. The hook 22 is designed to be placed over the wire in the ring 17, as indicated in Fig. 4:, prior to the twisting of the wire, which operation serves to secure said hook member to the neck of the bottle by what may be termed a pivotal connection.

It will be apparent that after the wires 18 and 19 have been bent over said cap, the lever may be swung upwardly until the hook 23 is in position to engage the smaller loop 241,

which is then inserted within said hook. The lever may then, with comparatively slight pressure, he forced downwardly, the leverage being sufficient to insure suflicient tension in the wires to rigidly and effectively seal the bottle. At the same time, when the member 2-1 lies flat against the neck of. the bottle, as indicated in Fig. 1, the point of application of the force to which said member is subjected through the wires in tension, is such that said member is securely held in its locking position, yet capable of being sprung outwardly by hand when it is desired to release the clamping wires.

It will be apparent that in this mai'nier provide a cheap, simple, easily-manipulated and e'flective closure, satislactm'ily sealing the bottle and yet perinittii'lg oi" ready open.- ing at any time by hand.

Many modifications ol the minor details ol' my l11'l']')10V0(l bottle closure will doubtless readil3 suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and I therc- "lore do not desire to limit my invention. to the specific construction herein shown and described.

1. A tie-clamp ior bottle shippers which consists of a single piece of wire formed into a circular loop and a strap loop, the former ar ranged around the neck of a bottle and the latter passing over the stopper, and a lever having two hooks thereon pivoted, respectively, to said circular loo and strap loop.

2. A tie-clamp for bott e stoppers consisting of a Wire twisted into both a circular and an elongated loop, and a lever pivoted to the free'ends of both of said loo s.

3. A tie-clamp for bott l stoppers com.- prising a single wire formed into a substantially circular loop adapted to embrace the neck of a bottle and a binding strap pro'ecting therefrom and a lever pivoted to said loop and strap.

4. The combination of a tie-clamp comprising a single wire formed into a substantially circular loop and a binding strap, said circular loop adapted to embrace the neck 01' a bottle, and a lever pivoted to and connecting said loop and strap.

5. The combination, With the neck of a bottle, of a wire formed into a circular and an elongated loop, the former arranged around said neck and the latter bent over the bottle stopper, and a lever fulcrumed upon said circular loop which engages said elongated loop.

6. in a device of the class described, the crnnbination 01 a tic-clamp coi'nprising a single wire i'orined into a substantially circular loop adapted to einbriwe the neck of the bottle and a bindil'ig strap pron-acting therefrom, and a clamping lever pivoted upon said. loop and. having means for ei'igagi'ng the extremity of said strap.

7. In a device oi the class describei'l, the combination, with a bottle and. a cap therefor, oi a wire loop twisted. to embrace said neck and having the other extremity thereof bent over said cap, and a clamping lever pivoted to the embracing portion of said loop and adapted to engage the extremity of the bent portion. thereof and stretch said embracing and bent portions relatively to each other.

8. A. tie-clamp for bottle stoppers which. consists of a single piece of wire formed into a circular loop and a strap loop, the former adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle and the latter adapted to pass over the bottlestopper, and a lever having two hooks thereon which engage said loops and serve to stretch same, said lever and hooks consisting of a single piece of metal.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a bottle, a yielding stopper and a cap, of a single wire formed into a substantially circular loop embracing the neck of said bottle and a binding strap bent over said cap, and a clamping lever pivoted to said loop and strap.

In testimony of the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

VILHELM JOllAN GERHARD FREUND.

Witnesses FRAN K MURRAY, C. M. TnnUREn. 

